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Involvement in agro-tourism activities among fishermen community in two selected Desa Wawasan Nelayan villages in Malaysia

The agro-tourism activity in Desa Wawasan Nelayan is a new product of agro-tourism in Malaysia organized by Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia. Local community involvement is important to the success of this agro-tourism programme. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the leve...

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Main Authors:	Muhammad, Mahazan, Hamzah, Azimi, Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril, Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva, Md. Yassin, Sulaiman, Abu Samah, Bahaman, Tiraieyari, Neda
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Published:	Canadian Center of Science and Education 2012
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14367/1/14367.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14367/ http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/21672
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spelling	my.upm.eprints.143672019-04-08T08:34:10Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14367/ Involvement in agro-tourism activities among fishermen community in two selected Desa Wawasan Nelayan villages in Malaysia Muhammad, Mahazan Hamzah, Azimi Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Md. Yassin, Sulaiman Abu Samah, Bahaman Tiraieyari, Neda The agro-tourism activity in Desa Wawasan Nelayan is a new product of agro-tourism in Malaysia organized by Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia. Local community involvement is important to the success of this agro-tourism programme. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the level of involvement of Desa Wawasan Nelayan community in agro-tourism activities. The data of this study is obtained from a survey of two Desa Wawasan Nelayan villages. A total of 220respondents were randomly selected to answer the questionnaire and the data was analyzed using the SPSS software.Based on this study, the overall mean score for level of involvement in agro-tourism activities in both states were moderate. However, both villages were found to have the highest mean score on involvement in environmental conservation activities and about their concern on the cleanliness of their village.The study recommends that more efforts should be taken by Desa Wawasan Nelayan community to be involved in agro-tourism activities that will significantly impact the local economy, social, and environment, and as a result will empower and support the cohesion of the community. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14367/1/14367.pdf Muhammad, Mahazan and Hamzah, Azimi and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva and Md. Yassin, Sulaiman and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Tiraieyari, Neda (2012) Involvement in agro-tourism activities among fishermen community in two selected Desa Wawasan Nelayan villages in Malaysia. Asian Social Science, 8 (13). pp. 239-243. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/21672 10.5539/ass.v8n13p239
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description	The agro-tourism activity in Desa Wawasan Nelayan is a new product of agro-tourism in Malaysia organized by Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia. Local community involvement is important to the success of this agro-tourism programme. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the level of involvement of Desa Wawasan Nelayan community in agro-tourism activities. The data of this study is obtained from a survey of two Desa Wawasan Nelayan villages. A total of 220respondents were randomly selected to answer the questionnaire and the data was analyzed using the SPSS software.Based on this study, the overall mean score for level of involvement in agro-tourism activities in both states were moderate. However, both villages were found to have the highest mean score on involvement in environmental conservation activities and about their concern on the cleanliness of their village.The study recommends that more efforts should be taken by Desa Wawasan Nelayan community to be involved in agro-tourism activities that will significantly impact the local economy, social, and environment, and as a result will empower and support the cohesion of the community.
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author	Muhammad, Mahazan Hamzah, Azimi Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Md. Yassin, Sulaiman Abu Samah, Bahaman Tiraieyari, Neda
spellingShingle	Muhammad, Mahazan Hamzah, Azimi Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Md. Yassin, Sulaiman Abu Samah, Bahaman Tiraieyari, Neda Involvement in agro-tourism activities among fishermen community in two selected Desa Wawasan Nelayan villages in Malaysia
author_facet	Muhammad, Mahazan Hamzah, Azimi Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Md. Yassin, Sulaiman Abu Samah, Bahaman Tiraieyari, Neda
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title	Involvement in agro-tourism activities among fishermen community in two selected Desa Wawasan Nelayan villages in Malaysia
title_short	Involvement in agro-tourism activities among fishermen community in two selected Desa Wawasan Nelayan villages in Malaysia
title_full	Involvement in agro-tourism activities among fishermen community in two selected Desa Wawasan Nelayan villages in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Involvement in agro-tourism activities among fishermen community in two selected Desa Wawasan Nelayan villages in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Involvement in agro-tourism activities among fishermen community in two selected Desa Wawasan Nelayan villages in Malaysia
title_sort	involvement in agro-tourism activities among fishermen community in two selected desa wawasan nelayan villages in malaysia
publisher	Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate	2012
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14367/1/14367.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14367/ http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/21672
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Involvement in agro-tourism activities among fishermen community in two selected Desa Wawasan Nelayan villages in Malaysia

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